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Great Smokey Mountains Will Soon Get Even Greater – Thanks to Nonprofit's Land Purchase

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Foothills Land Conservancy completed acquisition of the 600-acre Oliver Tract bordering Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Townsend, Tennessee, permanently protecting one of the most significant remaining privately held properties adjacent to the nation's most-visited national park.

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